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Speaker 1: Welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I am your

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Speaker 1: host Movie Mike, joined this week by my wife and

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Speaker 1: co host Kelsey. How are you. I'm great. I'm cuddling

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Speaker 1: this weighted stuffed stitch that we got. He holds your

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Speaker 1: place when you don't do the podcast. It's very calming.

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Speaker 1: Love a weighted stuffed animals. Let's sends. But we are

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Speaker 1: back today because we are doing another movie roundup, our

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Speaker 1: best and worst of March, all the new and old

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Speaker 1: things we watched this month. In the movie review, I'll

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Speaker 1: be talking about John Wick Chapter four. And in the

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Speaker 1: trailer park we have the new West Sanderson movie Asteroid

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Speaker 1: City with Tom Hanks. Thank you for being subscribed. Shout

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Speaker 1: out to the Monday Morning Movie crew. And now let's

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Speaker 1: talk movies. In a world where everyone and their mother

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Speaker 1: has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the ears

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Speaker 1: of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. A

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Speaker 1: man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like a

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Speaker 1: walking AMTV with classes from the Nashville Podcast Network Movie Mics.

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Speaker 1: Movie Podcast. All right, so we did this for the

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Speaker 1: first time last month. It's our collection of movie reviews

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Speaker 1: because not only do we go watch all the new

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Speaker 1: movies at home. So this is just straight out the

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Speaker 1: best and worst things we watched in the month of March. Kelsey,

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Speaker 1: you can kick it off. What is the best movie

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Speaker 1: you watched in March? It is certainly not new, it's

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Speaker 1: from two thousand and seven. But after seeing Adam Sandler live,

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Speaker 1: we got on an Adam Sandler kick. We've been We've

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Speaker 1: Me with Adam Sandler and Don Cheatle and it is

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Speaker 1: a real relationship. And you were hesitant about it. You're like,

430
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Speaker 1: I'll give anything a shot. Yeah, I'll give it one episode,

431
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Speaker 1: and you really liked it. The writing is really good.

432
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Speaker 1: The writing is really good, a lot of great characters.

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Speaker 1: It's a fun show. I like it. It's also got

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Speaker 1: like a nerdy aspect. They work at like a biotech company.

435
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you're the science geek out of that, though

436
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Speaker 1: I do geek out on the science. The best thing

437
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Speaker 1: I watched in March was a TV show called Swarm,

438
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Speaker 1: which is on Amazon. It's about a fan base that

439
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Speaker 1: resembles the Beehive, which are Beyonce's hardcore fans, and it

440
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Speaker 1: focuses on one stand in particular, who she is in

441
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Speaker 1: a weird place in her life and she is so

442
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Speaker 1: obsessed with this artist who is kind of like Beyonce

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Speaker 1: and then she goes online and finds people who talk

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Speaker 1: bad about her and becomes a serial killer, going around

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Speaker 1: killing those people. So it's kind of a dark show,

446
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Speaker 1: but I love a thriller. And it's also only like

447
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Speaker 1: twenty four minutes per episode. So it's the only show

448
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Speaker 1: in the last maybe three or four years that I

449
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Speaker 1: watched entirely in one day. I listened to an episode

450
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Speaker 1: while I was getting ready, I had the door open.

451
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Speaker 1: I even was like, oh, this is kind of good,

452
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Speaker 1: like just listening to it, not even watching it. I

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Speaker 1: enjoyed it. That episode in particular gets very meta because

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Speaker 1: it's like a true crime episode. Yeah. That episode is

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Speaker 1: an entirely different format than the rest of the series.

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Speaker 1: So it yeah, it creates a true crime story about

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Speaker 1: the fictional story, but makes it feel like real life.

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen anything done like that before. Yeah, so

459
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Speaker 1: it's good. There are a lot of dark things in

460
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Speaker 1: this show, a lot of blood, violence, anything you would

461
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Speaker 1: expect from an R rated movie or in this So

462
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Speaker 1: if you're not into that, probably not the show for you.

463
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Speaker 1: But if you like a dark thriller, that will really

464
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Speaker 1: make you go, oh man, this is crazy. I think

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Speaker 1: It's a good watch and you can knock it out

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Speaker 1: in an afternoon like I did. There you go, anything

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Speaker 1: else you would like to mention before we go? Have

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Speaker 1: we watched a rom com this month? I watched The

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Speaker 1: Other Woman one morning with Leslie Man, Kate Upton, and

470
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Speaker 1: Cameron Diaz, which I hadn't seen, but you made me

471
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Speaker 1: watch that final scene. Pretty funny, oh man. The physical

472
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Speaker 1: comedy in one of the scenes is funny. But I

473
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Speaker 1: was just like, I miss like early two thousands, mid

474
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Speaker 1: two thousands, just a rom com that is where they shine.

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Speaker 1: I feel like you needed one two thousands rom coms

476
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Speaker 1: greater than nineties rom coms. Oh that's a bold tape.

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Speaker 1: That was the decade for them. Bold take. I would

478
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Speaker 1: agree though. But anyway, that is our best and worst

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Speaker 1: of the month. Come back and talk about John Wick

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Speaker 1: chapter four. After this, let's get into a spoiler free

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Speaker 1: movie review. If you are watching on YouTube, you already

482
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Speaker 1: know this, But to those listening on the podcast, I

483
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Speaker 1: am a method acting movie reviewer, or a method movie reviewer,

484
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Speaker 1: however you want to put it. I get into my

485
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Speaker 1: movie roles. So I wanted to fully and capture what

486
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Speaker 1: it feels like to be John Wicks. So I am

487
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Speaker 1: channeling my inner Keyanu Reeves. I'm in a suit and

488
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Speaker 1: tie right now, because in order to bring you the

489
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Speaker 1: best john Wick four movie review, I gotta get into it.

490
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Speaker 1: I try to do that for every single movie review

491
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Speaker 1: I do on this podcast, so you know I am

492
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Speaker 1: bringing you my a game. I look good, I feel good.

493
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Speaker 1: I very much identify with one particular aspect of Keyana

494
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Speaker 1: Reeves's character in this movie. So I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: get into that. And I'll say it right here at

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Speaker 1: the top of the review. Hands down the best John

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Speaker 1: Wick movie ever made. But it's one of the most

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Speaker 1: important blockbusters right now, and I want to give my

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Speaker 1: full thoughts on this entire movie. So before we get

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Speaker 1: into that, here is just a little bit of the

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Speaker 1: john Wick four trailer. Too regular, wasn't Yeah? And so

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Speaker 1: it begins challenging to single come back if you will

503
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 1: don't love your freedom? And when I say, you want

504
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Speaker 1: what I want? So amen? The only way John Wick

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Speaker 1: will ever have freedom peace? Isn't this yeah? Not really?

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Speaker 1: All right? So john Wick Chapter four. I went into

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Speaker 1: this movie, and I don't watch John Wick movies for

508
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Speaker 1: the plot, but this one exceeded my expectations on that.

509
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Speaker 1: What this movie is about. We have Keanu Reeves back

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Speaker 1: as America's favorite hit man, and he's trying to get

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Speaker 1: back his freedom. He has been running from the High table.

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Speaker 1: Everybody in the world wants to kill John Wick, and

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Speaker 1: he is trying to develop a plan to be able

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Speaker 1: to live a peaceful life so he no longer has

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Speaker 1: to live on the run. He can finally sit down

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Speaker 1: and relax and be a normal person. But is that

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Speaker 1: in the cards for John Wick when so many people

518
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Speaker 1: want to kill him, when so many people hate him. Well,

519
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Speaker 1: for that, you have to really watch the whole movie.

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Speaker 1: But let's get into some of the things that really

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Speaker 1: stood out to me about this movie. First up, Keanu Reeves.

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Speaker 1: The craziest thing about Keanu Reeves and John Wick Chapter

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Speaker 1: four is that he only says three hundred and eighty

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Speaker 1: words throughout the entire movie. This movie is almost three

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Speaker 1: hours long, and that's all he says. I didn't realize

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Speaker 1: at the time of watching this movie that that was intentional,

527
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Speaker 1: but he actually sat down with the writer and the

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Speaker 1: director to strip his dialogue because that is what he

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Speaker 1: wanted for his character in this movie, and at times

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Speaker 1: it feels a little bit odd. You have all these

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Speaker 1: other characters around him, like Laurence Fishburne, delivering these really

532
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Speaker 1: poignant things to John Wick, even for an action movie,

533
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Speaker 1: and his response is now classic catchphrase. Yeah. I just

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Speaker 1: thought it was impactful to have a lead in a

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Speaker 1: movie have so little dialogue, and it made me feel

536
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Speaker 1: like I too could someday become a movie star. Because

537
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Speaker 1: outside of this podcast, if somebody's not talking to me

538
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Speaker 1: about movies or the Simpsons, I'm not saying much. So

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Speaker 1: I very much feel like John Wick in chapter four.

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Speaker 1: Someone could ask me my innermost thoughts, and I feel

541
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Speaker 1: like John Wick, and I'm just like, yeah, this is

542
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Speaker 1: his longest line of dialogue in the entire movie. You

543
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Speaker 1: and I left a good life behind a long time ago,

544
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Speaker 1: my friend. That is the most you hear him speak

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Speaker 1: at one time in this movie. Just by watching the

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00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 1: trailer you probably see at least ten to fifteen percent

547
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Speaker 1: of what he says in the entire movie. I think

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Speaker 1: that's an incredible accomplishment and also speaks a lot to

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Speaker 1: Keanu reeves Is as an actor. He is not afraid

550
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Speaker 1: to take a beating. Other action stars have these clauses

551
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Speaker 1: in their contracts where you can't hit him in the face,

552
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Speaker 1: they can't lose a fight. They have to come out

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Speaker 1: looking like this big, strong hero the rock, but not

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Speaker 1: Keanu Reeves. And that is what I love so much

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Speaker 1: about the john Wick movies is oftentimes in action movies,

556
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Speaker 1: the hero is bulletproof. You don't see them get hurt.

557
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Speaker 1: Not john Wick. He gets stabbed, he gets punched, he

558
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Speaker 1: gets thrown off of buildings, he gets shot. There are

559
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Speaker 1: so many things that should take him out, but he

560
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Speaker 1: keeps on going. He doesn't really go around just killing

561
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Speaker 1: people for fun. He is trying to win back his freedom,

562
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Speaker 1: so he's not afraid to take you out. But he's

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Speaker 1: not necessarily seen as just a vicious, horrible person. And

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Speaker 1: that is why we all root for john Wick. So

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the runtime in this movie, it

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Speaker 1: was probably the thing I was a little bit apprehensive

567
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Speaker 1: about anything that starts to tinker on that three hour mark.

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Speaker 1: I start to question, does it really warrant that runtime.

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Speaker 1: I am not afraid of a long movie, but I

570
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Speaker 1: don't like movies that are long just for the sake

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Speaker 1: of being long. There was a rumored four to five

572
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Speaker 1: hour cut of this movie, and they said they were

573
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Speaker 1: able to get it under three hours, which was a

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Speaker 1: big accomplishment for them. They didn't know what else to

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Speaker 1: cut out. I knew that going into this movie, and

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Speaker 1: I thought I could still cut out about twenty minutes

577
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Speaker 1: because for the first twenty minutes of this movie, not

578
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Speaker 1: a whole lot happens. They're really trying to set the stage.

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Speaker 1: But I felt like even in some of the shots

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Speaker 1: later in the movie, the pacing on those was a

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Speaker 1: little bit stretched out. So I think they easily could

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Speaker 1: have cut out another twenty minutes of this movie, and

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Speaker 1: then it would have been the perfect movie. But after

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Speaker 1: that first initial twenty minutes in the movie, you get

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Speaker 1: your first big action scene, and then it's pretty much

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Speaker 1: NonStop throughout the entire movie. Once this movie gets going,

587
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: it does not let off the gas. And what you

588
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Speaker 1: get in john Wick Chapter four is all the choreography

589
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Speaker 1: that you've loved throughout this entire franchise. What I felt

590
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Speaker 1: like was a little bit different. It was almost a

591
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Speaker 1: little bit more sophisticated, because in the first two john

592
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Speaker 1: Wick movies, I felt like they really set this tone

593
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Speaker 1: of almost just being brutal for the sake of being brutal,

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Speaker 1: a lot of head shots, a lot of more disturbing

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Speaker 1: violence that was jarring at the time, but now we've

596
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,720
Speaker 1: seen way worse things on screen that we got a

597
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Speaker 1: little bit used to it. So I felt like John

598
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Speaker 1: Wick Chapter four toned that down a little bit. But

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Speaker 1: where it really turned the level up was on all

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Speaker 1: the choreography. And I got to give a shout out

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Speaker 1: to all the stunt performers on this movie who make

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Speaker 1: it look flawless. If you watch the behind the scenes

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Speaker 1: on the making of this movie, I am not convinced

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Speaker 1: that stunt performers are human. You have them literally falling

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Speaker 1: downstairs and then just chilling there at the bottom like

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Speaker 1: nothing happened, getting up, all right, we gotta do another take.

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Speaker 1: I would take one trip down those stairs and not

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Speaker 1: get up for a week. So for the long list

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Speaker 1: of stunt performers, thank you. Thank you from me and

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Speaker 1: all the movie crew for that matter, for putting your

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Speaker 1: body on the line for the sake of entertainment. And

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Speaker 1: I think it was really cool what Keanu Reeves did,

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Speaker 1: and he seems like a very genuinely nice person off camera,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's also why the entire country, the

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Speaker 1: entire world is in love with him, but he always

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Speaker 1: makes it a point to get them a very cool

617
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 1: rap gift, and for this movie he got them all

618
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: custom made shirts, which sounds like a really cool thing

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Speaker 1: for a rich person to do. In the past, he's

620
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Speaker 1: also purchased for his stunt for Formers custom rolexes, which

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Speaker 1: I would take the rolex over the shirt. I'm not

622
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: that fancy. I don't know what it means to have

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Speaker 1: a custom shirt, but it sounds like a nice gesture.

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00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:26,959
Speaker 1: Aside from the choreography, this movie just looks magnificent, and

625
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 1: it travels across a lot of different terrains. You have desert,

626
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Speaker 1: you have this city, you have him in the snow.

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Speaker 1: It feels like this movie goes through a lot of

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Speaker 1: different temperatures. So visually it was a treat on the eyes.

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Speaker 1: And I will say a lot of this movie takes

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Speaker 1: place at night and something else. I don't shout out

631
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Speaker 1: a whole lot, but the lighting was superior in this

632
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 1: movie because for all those nighttime shots, everything was perfectly

633
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: well lit. Now, I feel like other shows and other

634
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 1: movies could really learn something from the John Wig lighting

635
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: department in the and shows like Game of Thrones. We

636
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Speaker 1: remember watching those shows and having to turn up the

637
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: brightness on our TVs because we couldn't see anything it

638
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 1: was so dark. But in all of these nighttime scenes,

639
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Speaker 1: with all these things going on, you have people flying

640
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: left and right, rounds of bullets just going off and on,

641
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Speaker 1: and you can see every single thing, and it just

642
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: looks amazing on the big screen. This is a movie

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Speaker 1: that I feel like going to see it in an

644
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: actual theater really enhances that experience with the big screen,

645
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: being able to see everything perfectly lit, and of course

646
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: the sound having all of those moments really rattle inside

647
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: your chest. I really love that aspect of it too.

648
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: As you know, I'm a big fan of color. And

649
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: what else I like were the little touches of Neon

650
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: throughout those darkly lit scenes. By the way, did you

651
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 1: know that John wicks full name is Jonathan wicker Basket.

652
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 1: I know that because I just made it up, So

653
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: don't google that that is not a real fact, and

654
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: don't come at me in the comments. But going back

655
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: to Keanu Reeve's performance, with him speaking so few lines

656
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 1: in this movie, it almost fell like all the other

657
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: actors had to work a little bit harder to carry

658
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: the movie. So you have your villain here, played by

659
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: Bill Skarsguard, who I thought he was okay. I don't

660
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: really feel like he was that much of a threat,

661
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 1: and they spent a lot of the movie in separate locations.

662
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: I didn't think he was that menacing of a villain.

663
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: Who I really loved was Donnie Yen as King. He

664
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 1: was so good in this movie. I fell in love

665
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: with his character, and I believe that they should make

666
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: a prequel, or maybe after they're done with all these movies,

667
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: make a solo film just on his story. He is blind,

668
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: but he is able to take people out in such

669
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 1: a cool, calm, collected way. I love the part where

670
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: his character is first introduced into this movie. Into the

671
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: first fight scene is just chilling, eating some ramen and

672
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: then just straight up obliterates an entire room of people.

673
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 1: And that is what I love about this movie, the

674
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: big elaborate sequences that are just NonStop, and you think

675
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,360
Speaker 1: at some point this would get boring and repetitive, but

676
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: throughout this entire movie, they just got bigger and more elaborate,

677
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: and there were so many things going on you can't

678
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,240
Speaker 1: help but be entertained. So how does John Wig deliver

679
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: as an action movie? Unlike any other franchise out there,

680
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: This franchise is right up there in the top tier

681
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: level of action movies because it has heart, because it

682
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: has a lot of cinematic value, because it has a

683
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: great cast, and it's also just a very distinct movie.

684
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: So my biggest criticism in this movie is I really

685
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: wish it would have got into the action a little

686
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: bit quicker. I'll admit I got a little bit worried

687
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: in those first twenty minutes that maybe they don't have

688
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: it anymore, maybe these movies are going to start to

689
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 1: be a little bit boring. So had me worried in

690
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 1: those first twenty minutes. I do love their commitment on

691
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: not getting cheesy with these movies. Where other action movies

692
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: add a little bit of levity, this movie doesn't really

693
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: let up. There are some moments that are unintentionally funny,

694
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: I think when it comes to just John Wick's mannerisms.

695
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: Whenever Keanu Ree is running, I find he has kind

696
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: of a funny run, so I tend to laugh at that.

697
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: And there are some other aspects of his character that

698
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 1: seem a little bit ridiculous. The thing that surprised me

699
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: the most about this movie was my performance, not once

700
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 1: that I have to get up and go peece. So

701
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: patted myself on the back for that. So if you've

702
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 1: loved every other John Wick movie, you were going to

703
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: love Volume four. So even though it had me worried

704
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: in the beginning, in those first twenty minutes, I didn't

705
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: want it to end. It did hit me on an

706
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: emotional level whenever Lance Reddick was on screen and his

707
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: entire tragic story of passing away just days before this

708
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 1: movie came out, because he's been so great in this

709
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: entire franchise, So it was a weird moment for me

710
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: and everybody else has seen this movie where real life

711
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: suddenly connects with this fake movie life where we think, oh,

712
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: everything is all great, and seeing him on screen just

713
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: who it kind of hits you a little bit. The

714
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: John Wick movies are just so well produced. They have

715
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: such a distinct style that I don't think any other

716
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: action movie in this decade is going to top this movie.

717
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: So for my rating, I am giving John Wick Chapter

718
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:16,399
Speaker 1: four four point five out of five bullet wounds. It's

719
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 1: time to head down to movie Mike Trail, Lar Paul,

720
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,720
Speaker 1: this movie is what my dreams are made of. Wes

721
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: Anderson released the trailer for his new film called Asteroid City,

722
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: and it looks like my mouth just went looking at

723
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: this trailer. I know you probably are sick of me

724
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 1: talking about color and aesthetic, but that is what I

725
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: go into wanting from a Wes Anderson movie. Oftentimes I

726
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 1: feel like the substance of his movies aren't really for me.

727
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: They always feel a little bit pretentious. But I love

728
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: the aesthetic. I love the set design, I love the

729
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: color palettes. I feel like I haven't been this excited

730
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: for his movies in a very long time, mainly because

731
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,799
Speaker 1: this one has a much better cast. I mean, you

732
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: have Tom Hanks for the first time ever in a

733
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: Wes Anderson movie. You have all the usual cast of characters,

734
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: but this one has to do with aliens. So I

735
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,839
Speaker 1: love combining his style with science fiction. So I want

736
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: to get into all the details. But the movie is

737
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: called Asteroid City. It takes place in a fictional American

738
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: desert town around nineteen fifty five. You have this group

739
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: of students and their parents there for a junior astronomy

740
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: convention and then some aliens get thrown in. I would

741
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: expect nothing less from a Wes Anderson premis. Before we

742
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: get into my thoughts about this movie, here's just a

743
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: little bit of the Asteroid City trailer. What are those

744
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 1: culses indicated? What? Oh? The beeps and blips? We don't know?

745
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 1: Some of our information about out of space may no

746
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: longer be completely accurate. Anyway, there's still only nine planets

747
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: in the Solar System as far as we know. Billy,

748
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 1: now there's an alien. What's happening now? I don't know

749
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: the way that guy loved at us? Alien? How did

750
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 1: you like? We're doomed? Maybe we are? Thank you? How

751
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: long can I keep us on Asteroids City? Legally the

752
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: world will never be the same. That's ALIENO and Jeffy Jacks.

753
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,280
Speaker 1: That's an alien top pat what's out there? The meaning

754
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 1: of life? Maybe there is one? So to really get

755
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: the picture of this trailer, I highly encourage you to

756
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: go watch that because there are still very little details

757
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: about what is actually happening in this movie. But let's

758
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,320
Speaker 1: take a look at this impressive list of cast members

759
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 1: in this movie. You have Tom Hanks, Scarlett, Joe Hanson,

760
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Brian Kranston, Edward Norton,

761
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: who isn't even in the trailer, Leave Streiber, Hope Davis,

762
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: Adrian Brodie, Leaves Streiber, Maya Hawk who you heard in

763
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: that trailer, Steve Carrell, Matt Dylan, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblue,

764
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: Margot Robbie, who also wasn't even in that trailer, Rita Wilson.

765
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: The list goes on and on and on the fact

766
00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 1: that you have that many a listers that you can't

767
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,360
Speaker 1: even and fit them all into the trailer. I'm probably

768
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: also assuming that some of them play aliens in the movie,

769
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: and they didn't want to give that away in the trailer.

770
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: I have told you before a way to tell a

771
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 1: movie is going to suck if it has an ensemble

772
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: cast and they're boasting everybody who's in the movie. This

773
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 1: trailer doesn't really seem to focus on that. Wes Anderson

774
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: movies are known for having this stact of a cast,

775
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 1: so I don't really feel like that falls into the

776
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: same category. But I almost feel as an actor it's

777
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: a badge of honor to get to work in a

778
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: Wes Anderson movie. But to me, it feels like he

779
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:35,919
Speaker 1: has such a distinct directing style, such a distinct look.

780
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: So I think for actors like Tom Hanks, it's just

781
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,359
Speaker 1: fun to get to do a movie like this and

782
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: get to show a completely different side of your acting abilities. Yes,

783
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: the movie is always feel a little bit pretentious to me.

784
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 1: If a Wes Anderson movie were a person, it would

785
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: be somebody who uses a lot of big, elaborate words

786
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 1: for no reason, probably has a really good credit score,

787
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 1: and will tell you that their favorite band is a

788
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: band you've never heard of. That is what I think

789
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 1: about when I think a Wes Anderson movies. I remember

790
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: growing up they were always all the cool kids favorite movies,

791
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: and I felt kind of out of the loop because

792
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: I wasn't really that interested in his work. Didn't really

793
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: appeal to me then, but now I am more drawn

794
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: to his attention to detail when it comes to set design,

795
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: the cadence of the way he has his actors speak,

796
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: the wardrobe, the coloring of his movies, which this one

797
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: looks like he takes it up on at ten. He

798
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: really committed to this retro style look for this one,

799
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 1: So I think that is what he does best. What

800
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: Wes Anderson is known for, quirky characters, very symmetrical framing,

801
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,439
Speaker 1: these bright color palettes. Also the use of music, which

802
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: uses a lot of famous songs but also original music

803
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: to really give an aesthetic for the film. Like I said,

804
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:49,359
Speaker 1: very detailed production design. When you watch a Wes Anderson movie,

805
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: it's like he pays attention to every little thing on screen,

806
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: including the set design, the costume design, and all of

807
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: the props. And I feel like his other real trademark

808
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 1: that you can tell just by listening to this trailer

809
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: is the real deadpan humor, the real deadpan delivery of

810
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: these very obscure lines that out of context they don't

811
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: seem funny. But when you're watching this movie and the

812
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:15,280
Speaker 1: interactions between these characters, it just has that dry humor,

813
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 1: which is kind of an acquired taste. I almost feel

814
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: like Wes Anderson movies are cinematic vegetables, meaning they are

815
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,760
Speaker 1: good for your body and you probably should eat them,

816
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: but sometimes watching them feels a little bit like a chore.

817
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: And it's hard to recommend these movies to people because

818
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: no one is ever really excited about eating vegetables. We

819
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 1: eat them because they make us healthy, they make us stronger,

820
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: they make our brains sharper. But a cinematic vegetable movie

821
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: isn't necessarily bringing in the big box office numbers. But

822
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,879
Speaker 1: that being said, I do feel like his movies are

823
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: art and he has one of the most distinct directing

824
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: styles out of any director out there. Between him and

825
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: Tim Burton are maybe two of the only directors that

826
00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: I could just look at one frame and tell that

827
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 1: it is their work. Tim Burton because he has that

828
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 1: very dark, twisted looking vision a lot of black and white,

829
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: and probably Johnny Deppinet. Not to say other directors don't

830
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,360
Speaker 1: have their very own distinct style, but I feel like

831
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: those two directors in particular, can be reduced to just

832
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,359
Speaker 1: one single frame. And if I could live in one

833
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: director's world, I would want to live in a Wes

834
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 1: Anderson movie. I would love the clothes, I would love

835
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: all the people around me because I'd be surrounded by

836
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: alis actors. And in this movie in particular, I just

837
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 1: love how each shot in this trailer looks like it

838
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 1: could be its own postcard. I'll probably do an episode

839
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,839
Speaker 1: once this movie comes out on June sixteenth. Rating all

840
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: my Wes Anderson movies. But I did just rewatch Bottle

841
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 1: Rocket recently because when I watched it back in the day,

842
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: I forgot that it was filmed primarily in Texas, North

843
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: Texas in particular, which is where I grew up. Wes

844
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: Anderson attended the University of Texas in Austin, which I

845
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 1: have a great connection to. Kelsey went there. I lived

846
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 1: in Austin, Texas for seven years, so that is where

847
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 1: he got his start. Also where he met Luke Wilson

848
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: and Owen Wilson, who have starred in a lot of

849
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: his movies. Actually, the movie I was just talking about

850
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: that Kicked It All Off Bought a Rocket back in

851
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety four. So I know his movies aren't for everybody,

852
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: but I always feel like when he puts out a

853
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,359
Speaker 1: new one, it very much feels like an event to

854
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: me that I have to go see in theaters. So

855
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: I will be there. On June sixteenth, I'll be heading

856
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: on down to Asteroid City this week's edition of Movie

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Speaker 1: Bar and that's going to do it for another episode

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Speaker 1: here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta

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Speaker 1: give my listeners shout out of the week, and this

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Speaker 1: week I just want to shout out to everybody who's

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Speaker 1: been commenting on my YouTube channel, which if you're not

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Speaker 1: aware of it, I post all my individual movie reviews

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Speaker 1: over on YouTube, So if you're ever just looking for

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Speaker 1: one movie in particular that I've talked about or covered recently,

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Speaker 1: you can go to my YouTube page YouTube dot com

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Speaker 1: slash Mike diche Row and I feel like we have

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Speaker 1: a pretty good community over there of people just commenting

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Speaker 1: with their views, so it's a really easy way to

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Speaker 1: connect with me on just one movie in particular. So

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Speaker 1: I wanted to shout out to Marcus and Tower one

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Speaker 1: three two seven who commented on my Shazam Fury of

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Speaker 1: the God's reviews. So if you also want to see

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Speaker 1: my movie reviews, just go over and subscribe, especially for

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Speaker 1: this John Wick one where I literally wore a suit

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Speaker 1: and tie, so go see that on my YouTube page.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. Hope you have a great rest

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Speaker 1: of your week, and until next time, go out and

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Speaker 1: watch good movies and I will talk to you later.